Author: Cathy Nolan

Yearn for Heaven! February 24, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Tomorrow we anticipate a new message from Our Lady!  As we wait in prayer, let’s cherish the message we received in January: “Dear children! I am calling you at this time to prayer, fasting and renunciation, that you may be stronger in faith. This is a time of awakening and of giving birth. As nature which gives itself, you also, little children, ponder how much you have received. Be joyful bearers of peace and love that it may be good for you on earth. Yearn for Heaven; and in Heaven there is no sorrow or hatred. That is why, little children, decide anew for conversion and let holiness begin to reign in your life. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (January 25, 2021) “Yearn for Heaven; and in Heaven there is no sorrow or hatred.” If we all could live this one call from Our Lady for the entirety of Lent, we would arrive at Holy Week with strong hearts!  Instead of yearning for earthly goods, we would be yearning for the extreme good of life in Heaven.  We would not be fooled into mourning the things of earth.  We would know where our true life is hidden.  And we would be strong. St. Joseph!  Please teach us to yearn for Heaven, to place all our hopes on eternal life with our God, and to let go of earthly attachments.  May we live with Heaven as our home. Prayer to St. Joseph (adapted from St. Bernardine of Siena) Oh my beloved St. Joseph, adopt me as thy child. Take charge of my salvation; watch over me day and night; preserve me from the occasions of sin; obtain for me purity of body. Through thy intercession with Jesus, grant me a spirit of sacrifice, humility, self-denial, burning love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and a sweet and tender love for Mary, my mother. O Blessed St. Joseph, pray for me, that I may serve the Blessed Virgin Mary in her battle against the devil in these last days, always living her messages and answering her call from Medjugorje, so that the Immaculate Heart of Mary will Triumph in this world. Finally, St. Joseph, be with me living, be with me dying, and obtain for me a favorable judgement from Jesus, my merciful Savior. Amen. Dear St. Joseph, help me respond to this message from Our Lady: “Dear children! Today in a special way I invite you all to prayer and renunciation. For now as never before Satan wants to show the world his shameful face by which he wants to seduce as many people as possible onto the way of death and sin. Therefore, dear children, help my Immaculate Heart to triumph in the sinful world. I beseech all of you to offer prayers and sacrifices for my intentions so I can present them to God for what is most necessary. Forget your desires, dear children, and pray for what God desires, and not for what you desire. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (September 25, 1991) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2021  

Trust in God who is your Father in Heaven… February 23, 2021 St. Polycarp Dear Family of Mary! The Gospel for today: Jesus said to his disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This is how you are to pray: “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. “If you forgive men their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”  (Mt 6:7-15) In so few words, and with such a practical focus, Jesus shows us how to come close to His Father in Heaven.  And we so long to be there, in close union with Our Father!  This Lent can be a time to snuggle even closer to the Heart of our Father, through the guidance of Jesus, and Him Mother, Mary.  She also teaches us how to draw close to the Heavenly Father in this message: “Dear children! In this peaceless time, I am calling you to have more trust in God who is your Father in Heaven and who has sent me to lead you to Him. You, open your hearts to the gifts which He desires to give you and, in the silence of your heart, adore my Son Jesus who has given His life so that you may live in eternity – where He desires to lead you. May your hope be the joy of a meeting with the Most High in everyday life. Therefore, I am calling you: do not neglect prayer because prayer works miracles. Thank you for having responded to my call.”  May 25, 2018 Mother Mary tells us that in it in trust that we will find Our Father in Heaven.  The more we trust Him, the more He will reveal Himself to us!  And Jesus, the same.  As we adore Him, in the Blessed Sacrament, our trust grows, and His presence grows in our hearts.  We must long for a joyful meeting with the Most Hight, and pray, pray, pray…because prayer works miracles!! Such an invitation!  How can we say no??? St. Joseph, please help us to say yes to Our Lady’s call to have more trust in God our Father, and to pray as much as we can to Him so that miracles will happen! Prayer to St. Joseph (adapted from St. Bernardine of Siena) Oh my beloved St. Joseph, adopt me as thy child. Take charge of my salvation; watch over me day and night; preserve me from the occasions of sin; obtain for me purity of body. Through thy intercession with Jesus, grant me a spirit of sacrifice, humility, self-denial, burning love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and a sweet and tender love for Mary, my mother. O Blessed St. Joseph, pray for me, that I may serve the Blessed Virgin Mary in her battle against the devil in these last days, always living her messages and answering her call from Medjugorje, so that the Immaculate Heart of Mary will Triumph in this world. Finally, St. Joseph, be with me living, be with me dying, and obtain for me a favorable judgement from Jesus, my merciful Savior. Amen. Dear St. Joseph, help me respond to this message from Our Lady: “Dear children! Today in a special way I invite you all to prayer and renunciation. For now as never before Satan wants to show the world his shameful face by which he wants to seduce as many people as possible onto the way of death and sin. Therefore, dear children, help my Immaculate Heart to triumph in the sinful world. I beseech all of you to offer prayers and sacrifices for my intentions so I can present them to God for what is most necessary. Forget your desires, dear children, and pray for what God desires, and not for what you desire. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (September 25, 1991) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2021  

“As a shepherd leads his flock…” February 22, 2021 Feast of the Chair of Peter the Apostle Dear Family of Mary! Today we remember the mandate that Jesus said to St. Peter: “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah.  For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.  And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it…” Jesus gave Peter the primacy in His Church because Peter was listening to the Father, who is the great Shepherd.  Peter would be a shepherd as long as he listened to the Father in Heaven.  And the Church would be built on a firm foundation. We often forget that the Great Shepherd is God the Father.  It is from Him that our popes receive their authority and wisdom. Always.  Our Lady told us very clearly that God is our Shepherd, first and foremost, in this message: “Dear children! Also today I call you to pray, pray, pray. Little children, when you pray you are close to God and He gives you the desire for eternity. This is a time when you can speak more about God and do more for God. Therefore, little children, do not resist but permit Him to lead you, to change you and to enter into your life. Do not forget that you are travelers on the way toward eternity. Therefore, little children, permit God to lead you as a shepherd leads his flock. Thank you for having responded to my call.”  (November 25, 2006) “Permit God to lead you as a shepherd leads his flock!!”  May we never forget this.  The Father wants to lead us, carefully and gently along the right path, always protecting us and correcting us lest we get off the path.  We are very safe with Him. Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me repose; Beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side With your rod and your staff that give me courage. You spread the table before me in the sight of my foes; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come. And St. Joseph is a pretty good shepherd as well.  Think of how he listened to God and then lead and protected the Holy Family! Prayer to St. Joseph (adapted from St. Bernardine of Siena) Oh my beloved St. Joseph, adopt me as thy child. Take charge of my salvation; watch over me day and night; preserve me from the occasions of sin; obtain for me purity of body. Through thy intercession with Jesus, grant me a spirit of sacrifice, humility, self-denial, burning love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and a sweet and tender love for Mary, my mother. O Blessed St. Joseph, pray for me, that I may serve the Blessed Virgin Mary in her battle against the devil in these last days, always living her messages and answering her call from Medjugorje, so that the Immaculate Heart of Mary will Triumph in this world. Finally, St. Joseph, be with me living, be with me dying, and obtain for me a favorable judgement from Jesus, my merciful Savior. Amen. Dear St. Joseph, help me respond to this message from Our Lady: “Dear children! Today in a special way I invite you all to prayer and renunciation. For now as never before Satan wants to show the world his shameful face by which he wants to seduce as many people as possible onto the way of death and sin. Therefore, dear children, help my Immaculate Heart to triumph in the sinful world. I beseech all of you to offer prayers and sacrifices for my intentions so I can present them to God for what is most necessary. Forget your desires, dear children, and pray for what God desires, and not for what you desire. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (September 25, 1991) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2021  

  Live the fast! February 19, 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday Dear Family of Mary! Lent is a time of fasting.  One of Our Lady’s Five Stones is the call to fast at least twice a week on bread and water.  Our Lady has been firm on this point, and she has made it clear that all should fast somehow on Wednesday and Friday.  Here is one of her messages about fasting: September 26, 1985 “Dear children! I thank you for all the prayers. Thank you for all the sacrifices. I wish to tell you, dear children, to renew the messages which I am giving you. Especially live the fast, because by fasting you will achieve and cause me the joy of the whole plan, which God is planning here in Medjugorje, being fulfilled. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Our Lady depends in part on our fasting.  This may be difficult to understand.  But it may be that Our Lady needs disciples who are accustomed to denying themselves so that when the going gets tough during the battle for her triumph, we will be ready.  We will be able to think beyond our own needs to the greater good. Today’s Gospel speaks of fasting as well: The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.” (Matthew 9:14-15) Jesus was talking about His Crucifixion and Death, and that things would get serious for His disciples at that time.  They would need to be able to deny themselves in order to have the strength to witness the Kingdom!  We all need to double down in our commitment to Jesus and Mary!  And that is one of the great benefits of Lent.  We learn to deny ourselves again and get tough!! Let’s ask St. Joseph to help us fast.  He was a truly “tough” guy!  He denied himself for the sake of Jesus and Mary throughout his time with them.  Let us pray: Prayer to St. Joseph (adapted from St. Bernardine of Siena) Oh my beloved St. Joseph, adopt me as thy child. Take charge of my salvation; watch over me day and night; preserve me from the occasions of sin; obtain for me purity of body. Through thy intercession with Jesus, grant me a spirit of sacrifice, humility, self-denial, burning love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and a sweet and tender love for Mary, my mother. O Blessed St. Joseph, pray for me, that I may serve the Blessed Virgin Mary in her battle against the devil in these last days, always living her messages and answering her call from Medjugorje, so that the Immaculate Heart of Mary will Triumph in this world. Finally, St. Joseph, be with me living, be with me dying, and obtain for me a favorable judgement from Jesus, my merciful Savior. Amen. Dear St. Joseph, help me respond to this message from Our Lady: “Dear children! Today in a special way I invite you all to prayer and renunciation. For now as never before Satan wants to show the world his shameful face by which he wants to seduce as many people as possible onto the way of death and sin. Therefore, dear children, help my Immaculate Heart to triumph in the sinful world. I beseech all of you to offer prayers and sacrifices for my intentions so I can present them to God for what is most necessary. Forget your desires, dear children, and pray for what God desires, and not for what you desire. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (September 25, 1991) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2021 PS.  Stefanie (thank you, Stefanie) has transcribed the homily that Fr. Leon gave on the Thursday after Ash Wednesday at English Mass in Medjugorje.  Talk about being tough!  Fr. Leon makes it clear that we cannot be so comfortable with our lifestyles that we will compromise with the forces of evil just to stay comfortable.  Here is the homily: English Homily in Medjugorje Thursday, February 18, 2021 Fr. Leon Pereira HOMILY Many years ago when I was a novice in Edinboro, in the local newspaper, “The Scotsman” – the national newspaper – they had an article, and the headline was, “I am a Catholic in the football sense.”  And it was actually a real quote from a young man; and what he meant was, his Catholicism was, he supported Celtic, the football club: “I am a Catholic in a football sense.”  And the article was about, is Catholicism more or less meaningless in Scotland in the year 1998? Now, there is a lot of this “Catholic in a football sense.”  When we look at history, Catholicism doesn’t necessarily take deep roots in a culture.  The whole culture is affected, and people go along with it.  For example, here, here in Medjugorje in the early days, Gospa – Our Lady – complained.  She said, “Many of you are fasting, but only because everyone else is fasting.”  And she said, “Fast from the heart.”  So, there’s this idea like, “if everyone else is doing it, then I’ll do it too.” So, for example, in our time, very Catholic countries like, The Philippines, and Kerala, Southwest India, when they migrate and go to the west, if they don’t keep up their cultural trappings – their festivals, their food, etc. – you very rapidly see, the faith, also, be eroded among them; very quickly. So, one of the things in history that we see, is that the English church was almost completely destroyed by The Reformation – so-called “Reformation” – and very few people, “The Refuseniks” refused to conform.  They were called the “Recusants.”  And then, the Irish started coming across, for all sorts of reasons – to work in the fields, the farms, the factories – and they started to lapse very quickly from Catholicism.  And the English Catholics – the very few who were there – were so appalled, they thought, “We need allies, we need more allies!”  So, they worked among them; and then the faith was kept. Why does this happen? When Cardinal Basil Hume of Westminster died, they said on the radio, “Here, at last, was a man who made Catholicism respectable.”  Respectable enough for the English.  This is such a condescending thing to say.  But what they meant was, “We don’t like Catholics.  They are beneath us.  They’re beneath our dignity.”  And, of course, that puts a pressure on Catholics.  “You can be just like us.  You could be acceptable, respectable, if you sacrifice your faith.” We see this in America with politicians.  Just a few days ago, they had a vote in the Senate to say that “every baby born alive must be protected and given treatment, whether she is born through natural birth, or whether she is born through an induced abortion.”  And it failed by 8 votes.  And 13 Catholics voted in favor of letting these babies die:  13 Catholics.  They could have swung the vote.  But their Catholicism meant nothing to them.  Nothing. They wanted to be part of the world.  They wanted to be part of the Democratic Party, I suppose; of that Leftist Culture, of killing babies, even when they’re born alive.  Their Catholicism did not mean that much. “I’m Catholic, but only in a football sense.”  “I’m Catholic when it suits me.”  “I’m Catholic when it’s St. Patrick’s Day.” What does that mean? Well, the collapse of the Church in many parts of the world – it happens traditionally in Catholic cultures.  In the 70’s, or 60’s, even, it happened in Quebec.  And when it happened in Quebec, I think, many people realized, “This is going to happened in Ireland.”  And it did.  And it’s happening now in Malta, Poland, all these other countries; and Singapore, where I’m from.  I’m sure the Church will collapse there, if things carry on.  Because, it hasn’t taken root, really, in the hearts of people.  It is “something we do because everyone else does it.”  But when everyone else stops doing it, then we stop doing it too.  That’s not a Faith.  That’s, “Catholic in a football sense.”  And then, what do we do?  We vote for abortion and call ourselves, “catholic.” This is what’s coming, for all of us, everywhere.  Jesus asks us to choose.  He tells us very plainly why the Son of Man has come: “To suffer, be rejected, and be killed; and on the third day, rise.”  This is why He comes.  There is no “Christ” without “the Cross.”  There is NO “Gospel of Oprah Winfrey.”  Of Deepak Chopra.  And all that nonsense.  You know, “Christ-centered consciousness;” or some New Age babble… You see, when the Church collapses, in all “the manure,” you find “the Diamond:” the people who have kept the faith.  I chose that image deliberately – deliberately!  For all those who want to say they are “Catholic in a football sense,” I’m telling you: “You are manure.” Choose.  Choose Jesus.  Be a Diamond.  Don’t be manure. And then Jesus says, “If you would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross.” I don’t think the world is ever going to be, “the way it was.”  Everyone needs to live.  You need a job.  You need some money coming in.  You need food, and money to pay the bills, and all that.  That’s true.  But things are never going to be “the way they were.”  And if you desire that, then you are ripe – ripe! – for the antichrist when he comes.  Because he will promise you everything you want:  Your life as it was before.  “All you have to do is sign on the dotted line. (Don’t read the fine print.)”  And many people will do this, because they want their lives “the way they were.”  It’s never going to be that way. Choose, every day.  Choose Christ.  Christ, for His sake.  Christ, with the Cross.  Not, “Christ in the football sense.”  Not, Christ in a cultural sense.  Not, Christ in the sense of “pierogi.”  Or any other thing.  NO!  The Real Jesus:  Jesus who hangs on that cross. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

Choose Life! February 18, 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Dear Family of Mary! The readings at Mass during Lent are so powerful.  Here is the first reading for today: A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy: Moses said to the people: “Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom. If you obey the commandments of the Lord, your God, which I enjoin on you today, loving him, and walking in his ways, and keeping his commandments, statutes, and decrees, you will live and grow numerous, and the Lord, your God, will bless you in the land you are entering to occupy. If, however, you turn away your hearts and will not listen, but are led astray and adore and serve other gods, I tell you now that you will certainly perish; you will not have a long life on the land that you are crossing the Jordan to enter and occupy. I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the Lord, your God, heeding his voice, and holding fast to him. For that will mean life for you, a long life for you to live on the land that the Lord swore he would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” (Deuteronomy 30:15:20) “Choose life, then…” The Lord spoke to His people through Moses!  Choose life!!  God cannot choose life for us.  He gives us life at conception, but from then on, we have to yearn for life, choose life, by choosing His way.  The Creator alone knows the way to real life, eternal life.  And it is our joy and blessing to listen to Him and follow that way. Our Lady said to us: “Dear children! Particularly at this holy time of penance and prayer, I call you to make a choice. God gave you free will to choose life or death. Listen to my messages with the heart that you may become cognizant of what you are to do and how you will find the way to life. My children, without God you can do nothing; do not forget this even for a single moment. For, what are you and what will you be on earth, when you will return to it again. Do not anger God but follow me to life. Thank you for being here.” (March 18, 2003) It couldn’t be plainer.  Our Lady wants us to choose life and has been sent to help us to do it.  Her messages make a pathway for us into the Father’s embrace.  “Listen to my messages with the heart that you may become cognizant of what you are to do and how you will find the way to life.” May we choose life and not death of the soul today and every day after. St. Joseph, help us to follow Our Lady on the path towards life! Prayer to St. Joseph (adapted from St. Bernardine of Siena) Oh my beloved St. Joseph, adopt me as thy child. Take charge of my salvation; watch over me day and night; preserve me from the occasions of sin; obtain for me purity of body. Through thy intercession with Jesus, grant me a spirit of sacrifice, humility, self-denial, burning love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and a sweet and tender love for Mary, my mother. O Blessed St. Joseph, pray for me, that I may serve the Blessed Virgin Mary in her battle against the devil in these last days, always living her messages and answering her call from Medjugorje, so that the Immaculate Heart of Mary will Triumph in this world. Finally, St. Joseph, be with me living, be with me dying, and obtain for me a favorable judgement from Jesus, my merciful Savior. Amen. Dear St. Joseph, help me respond to this message from Our Lady: “Dear children! Today in a special way I invite you all to prayer and renunciation. For now as never before Satan wants to show the world his shameful face by which he wants to seduce as many people as possible onto the way of death and sin. Therefore, dear children, help my Immaculate Heart to triumph in the sinful world. I beseech all of you to offer prayers and sacrifices for my intentions so I can present them to God for what is most necessary. Forget your desires, dear children, and pray for what God desires, and not for what you desire. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (September 25, 1991) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2021

  Ash Wednesday February 17, 2021 Ash Wednesday Dear Family of Mary! A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Joel 2:12-18 Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord, your God. For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting in punishment. Perhaps he will again relent and leave behind him a blessing, Offerings and libations/ for the Lord, your God. Blow the trumpet in Zion! proclaim a fast, call an assembly; Gather the people, notify the congregation; Assemble the elders, gather the children and the infants at the breast; Let the bridegroom quit his room and the bride her chamber. Between the porch and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep, And say, “Spare, O Lord, your people, and make not your heritage a reproach, with the nations ruling over them! Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” Then the Lord was stirred to concern for his land and took pity on his people. (Joel 2:12-18) A Message from Our Lady of Medjugorje: March 25, 2020 “Dear children! I am with you all these years to lead you to the way of salvation. Return to my Son; return to prayer and fasting. Little children, permit God to speak to your heart, because Satan is reigning and wants to destroy your lives and the earth on which you walk. Be courageous and decide for holiness. You will see conversion in your hearts and families; prayer will be heard; God will hear your cries and give you peace. I am with you and am blessing you all with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call.” In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2021   Prayer to St. Joseph (adapted from St. Bernardine of Siena) Oh my beloved St. Joseph, adopt me as thy child. Take charge of my salvation; watch over me day and night; preserve me from the occasions of sin; obtain for me purity of body. Through thy intercession with Jesus, grant me a spirit of sacrifice, humility, self-denial, burning love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and a sweet and tender love for Mary, my mother. O Blessed St. Joseph, pray for me, that I may serve the Blessed Virgin Mary in her battle against the devil in these last days, always living her messages and answering her call from Medjugorje, so that the Immaculate Heart of Mary will Triumph in this world. Finally, St. Joseph, be with me living, be with me dying, and obtain for me a favorable judgement from Jesus, my merciful Savior. Amen. Dear St. Joseph, help me respond to this message from Our Lady: “Dear children! Today in a special way I invite you all to prayer and renunciation. For now as never before Satan wants to show the world his shameful face by which he wants to seduce as many people as possible onto the way of death and sin. Therefore, dear children, help my Immaculate Heart to triumph in the sinful world. I beseech all of you to offer prayers and sacrifices for my intentions so I can present them to God for what is most necessary. Forget your desires, dear children, and pray for what God desires, and not for what you desire. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (September 25, 1991)

This season is for you! February 16, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Tomorrow we begin the Season of Lent!  And for the next 40 days we will pray, fast, and do penance.  We will seek to draw closer to the Lord, renouncing everything that distances us from Him.  So much good can happen during Lent!  It is a special time of grace.  Our Lady said to us: “Dear children! This Lent is a special incentive for you to change. Start from this moment. Turn off the television and renounce various things that are of no value. Dear children, I am calling you individually to conversion. This season is for you. Thank you for having responded to my call. (02/13/1986) This season is for you!!  How often do we look at Lent as a time for ourselves, a time to expect blessings and graces for our own lives?  Well, if seen from the right perspective, it is!  The closer we can get to Jesus and His merciful Heart, the better!  We will never regret it! Let’s take some time today to prepare our hearts for Lent.  Take an inventory of our daily life.  Make a list of things we need to renounce or “turn off”!  The news, social media, email, messaging, internet searches.  There are so many things that can clutter our lives or worse, tempt us into thoughts and information that can be harmful for us.  Also take an inventory of the things we don’t do that we really should do.  Visit a family member or neighbor, spend time serving at your parish, fast more faithfully, give alms, pray an extra Rosary, or go to Adoration?  The things to do can also open our hearts to grace! Once we make the list, take it to prayer.  What does Jesus want us to focus on this Lent?  What is Our Lady saying to us? If we do these things today, then Ash Wednesday will find us ready to embrace the Season of Lent with all our hearts! And don’t forget our prayer to St. Joseph!  Let’s ask St. Joseph to accompany us this Lent, as a very wise and holy mentor!  We need him! Prayer to St. Joseph (adapted from St. Bernardine of Siena) Oh my beloved St. Joseph, adopt me as thy child. Take charge of my salvation; watch over me day and night; preserve me from the occasions of sin; obtain for me purity of body. Through thy intercession with Jesus, grant me a spirit of sacrifice, humility, self-denial, burning love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and a sweet and tender love for Mary, my mother. O Blessed St. Joseph, pray for me, that I may serve the Blessed Virgin Mary in her battle against the devil in these last days, always living her messages and answering her call from Medjugorje, so that the Immaculate Heart of Mary will Triumph in this world. Finally, St. Joseph, be with me living, be with me dying, and obtain for me a favorable judgement from Jesus, my merciful Savior. Amen. Dear St. Joseph, help me respond to this message from Our Lady: “Dear children! Today in a special way I invite you all to prayer and renunciation. For now as never before Satan wants to show the world his shameful face by which he wants to seduce as many people as possible onto the way of death and sin. Therefore, dear children, help my Immaculate Heart to triumph in the sinful world. I beseech all of you to offer prayers and sacrifices for my intentions so I can present them to God for what is most necessary. Forget your desires, dear children, and pray for what God desires, and not for what you desire. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (September 25, 1991) In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021  

  St. Joseph, pray for me! February 15, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! Today we begin 33 days of prayer to St. Joseph, ending on March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin, Mary. There are many initiatives this year to honor St. Joseph and ask his intercession! I want to suggest a daily prayer that we who are responding to Our Lady of Medjugorje might pray together. It is clear that St. Joseph was chosen to be the husband of Mary, and he was the perfect choice! St. Joseph listened always to God, who spoke to Him in dreams. He understood his call to be a chaste husband, one who would protect Mary and Jesus and provide for them as best he could. Joseph was always aware of his role as a support to the lives of Jesus and Mary! And so, we who are living our lives in response to the call of Our Lady of Medjugorje, can learn so much from Joseph’s example. We can learn to listen to Jesus and Mary, to put their needs before our own, to follow the Holy Spirit in every situation, and to pray constantly. St. Joseph is a perfect model for us in the call to respond to Our Lady. He knew how to put her first, and we can learn from him. So here is a short prayer we might pray every day until the Feast of St. Joseph on March 19. I chose a message from Our Lady that makes our job clear as well. May we take seriously our role as Our Lady’s children, serving her in these most difficult days. She needs us to be faithful and steadfast, just like St. Joseph! Prayer to St. Joseph (adapted from St. Bernardine of Siena) Oh my beloved St. Joseph, adopt me as thy child. Take charge of my salvation; watch over me day and night; preserve me from the occasions of sin; obtain for me purity of body. Through thy intercession with Jesus, grant me a spirit of sacrifice, humility, self-denial, burning love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and a sweet and tender love for Mary, my mother. O Blessed St. Joseph, pray for me, that I may serve the Blessed Virgin Mary in her battle against the devil in these last days, always living her messages and answering her call from Medjugorje, so that the Immaculate Heart of Mary will Triumph in this world. Finally, St. Joseph, be with me living, be with me dying, and obtain for me a favorable judgement from Jesus, my merciful Savior. Amen. Dear St. Joseph, help me respond to this message from Our Lady: “Dear children! Today in a special way I invite you all to prayer and renunciation. For now as never before Satan wants to show the world his shameful face by which he wants to seduce as many people as possible onto the way of death and sin. Therefore, dear children, help my Immaculate Heart to triumph in the sinful world. I beseech all of you to offer prayers and sacrifices for my intentions so I can present them to God for what is most necessary. Forget your desires, dear children, and pray for what God desires, and not for what you desire. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (September 25, 1991) In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cathy Nolan (c)Mary TV 2021  

I believe in God! February 12, 2021 Dear Family of Mary! “Dear children! I am calling you at this time to prayer, fasting and renunciation, that you may be stronger in faith. This is a time of awakening and of giving birth. As nature which gives itself, you also, little children, ponder how much you have received. Be joyful bearers of peace and love that it may be good for you on earth. Yearn for Heaven; and in Heaven there is no sorrow or hatred. That is why, little children, decide anew for conversion and let holiness begin to reign in your life. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (January 25, 2021) I want to share the homily given at the Evening International Mass in Medjugorje for February 10, 2021.  These words describe very well the depth of the faith of the people of Hercegovina and Croatia.  We have much to learn from their example: International Mass in Medjugorje Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Here is the link to the video: https://marytv.tv/evening-international-mass-2/?smid=nBp23rsYp0X&slid=KdArKwrWsDO HOMILY Dear Brothers and Sisters, This modern civilization that surfaced after the “human elite” rejected God, constantly fills our heads with stories of how this world which we lead and live in came into being.  There is talk of evolution and monkeys, all the way to some “Big Bang.”  But, by no means, do they tell us – though they boast with their logic – what was before that evolution?  What was there before those monkeys?  What was there before that “Big Bang?”  What existed before all that they are referring to? Clearly, only our faith has responded to that:  There was God.  He created the world.  He created man in His own image and likeness.  He wishes him well. Not everything ends here on earth.  The earth is just a passage to our Heavenly homeland, to that place where we will stand before our God and render an account for our earthly walk. This imposed civilization of today will have nothing to offer when it comes before our God.  It simply got lost, putting itself at the center of everything. That’s why it’s natural for it to tell us – like it did a short time ago – that we should celebrate the “World Chocolate Cake Day.”  And on that day, we Christians celebrated a certain saint.  After that, if we wanted to, we could treat, or not treat, ourselves with a chocolate cake, or with something else.  One really needs to know how to put things in the right place, in order. Those who proclaimed and who celebrated the “Feast of the Chocolate Cake” and who celebrate similar so-called “holidays” throughout the year had, obviously, like the first humans, consciously, or maybe unconsciously, listened to the whisper of the serpent in the garden.  The serpent whispered to man to eat the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.  For then: He, too, would become god!  We know very well what that led to. Unfortunately, some people have not yet come to their senses.  They still prefer the whisper of a serpent to the whisper of God.  They shout that, “There is no God!”  But they want to make themselves gods on this earth. We could summarize all their teaching in the term or notion, “Trans-humanism,” which claims that with the help of technical substitutes, with the help of vaccines, with the help of artificial intelligence, “We will overcome old age; and thus, we will defeat death itself.” One of them, Bill Gates, has been announcing this for a long time.  Let’s just mention his 2005 Lecture to the CIA staff.  He boasted, then, that he and his associates had discovered the gene responsible for “religiosity.”  They, therefore, have even a “vaccine” to make you, so-to-say, “normal,” if you are religious.  And every day they fill our heads with “Human Rights,” “Freedom,” etc. These are the modern prophets who want to create for us, a kind of, “Their Present” and announce to us, a kind of, “Their Own Future.”  In all this, there is no place for God.  But only for the greatest possible licentiousness of Man.  They call it “Freedom” and “New Human Rights.” Unlike such prophets, we remember some completely different ones.  These are the people who, after man’s fall in the Garden of Eden, announced recovery, only if man repents and clings to God again.  The Bible is full of them.  Let us remember them.  Let us remember their actions, instead of remembering these others. Even today, God has not stopped speaking to His people.  Every Time has its Prophets – only the way of speaking, and its content, changes.  It is up to us to recognize such people in our environment in our midst, and to unite with them for our good and the good of the whole world. It is logical, therefore, now to ask the question:  Who are we actually listening to on this earth?  Do we indulge in that whisper from the Garden of Eden?  Or the clear and loud voice of God?  Do we allow ourselves to become prophets ourselves?  Or, at least, to resemble them as we walk this fragile earthly path?  Our lives will answer these questions.  We won’t be able to hide.  One cannot be partly a Christian and partly belong to this troubled world.  Either you are, or you are not, of God.  There is no other way. When Christians become aware of their power, the face of this world will change.  The fall of today’s civilization did not happen because evil is stronger than good.  But it happened because faith in those who called themselves Christians has weakened.  It seemed to them that, instead of listening to God, it was easier to take the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.  That is why it is the way it is for us. I recently came across a verdict from 1952, the Yugoslav Communist Court in Imotski nearby city sentenced one woman to prison because she prayed in public in front of people for God to send them rain and for God to convert sinners.  The word “god” of course was written in lower case.  “She committed,” they said, “a violation against public order and peace.  She deceived the people.”  And at the end, it said: “Death to Fascism – Freedom to the People.” It is worth remembering this because the time in question is still going on.  There, in the west from where Communism came to our region, today they break into churches and interrupt holy masses, because there may be more believers inside than the maximum number they set or defined.  Maybe those believers do not wear masks, or a certain type of mask.  Maybe, it is completely forbidden to go to church. Thank God that the situation in our country is different.  We did not allow ourselves, except for some, to be poisoned by the intoxicating mists of life without God.  Despite our mistakes, we live our Catholic faith.  We are determined to continue to live it, to spread that “germ” of good to this world. Among other things, this is what the Blessed Aloysius Stepinac, whose memorial we are celebrating today, teaches us.  He became “Blessed” – and will soon be “Holy,” canonized – by following God’s whisper till the end of his life.  He didn’t let anything, or anyone, distract him from that path.  There were, indeed, countless obstacles.  They attacked him from all sides.  They prevented him from going that way.  But he simply persevered.  He knew he must not give up; that, this was his true path. It was most difficult for him in the Yugoslav Communist era, with Tito as their “saint.”  By Tito’s order, hundreds of thousands of Croats and others had been killed by then.  But his followers simply worshipped him.  Instead of a criminal, they wanted to portray Tito as a cuddly lamb.  Stepinac did not fall for it. He did not want to separate the Catholic church in Croatia from Rome, in order to become “holy” in their eyes – in “their own way” – and to be pampered and cared for.  He chose; he preferred to choose suffering instead. The current Croatian Ministry of Science and Education has also realized this.  Two days ago on Monday, February the 8th, in their letter, they recommended to high schools in Croatia that the documentary by the title: “Stepinac, Cardinal and His Holiness” can be used in teaching.  Now, these are their words, “because the life and work of Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac is a shining example to today’s youth, to the seekers of truth and moral role models.”  Thank God!  What else? The strength and example must have been given to Archbishop Stepinac by the faithful members of the people of God.  Communism persecuted them, but they preferred to give their lives rather than turn their backs on their God and their homeland. From this parish, at that time, 279 members of the parish laid their lives on the altar of faith and homeland.  Among them are six Franciscans who were born or who served in this parish.  Over 1,582 persons disappeared from the Municipality of Citluk at that time; and about 20,000 from the whole of Hercegovina.  This was especially the case after the end of the World War II; the evil of Communism relentlessly reaped our wheat. On this side of the border, at a Peace Cemetery in Balin, we are erecting individual crosses for all of them with their names and surnames, with the year of their birth, their father’s name, and a year of birth.  That way, they’re not a number that has disappeared in history; but they are our predecessors living in our memory.  It is an honor, and it is our duty, to do it for them. Siroki Brijeg , Ojuk, Citluk  They have already started it.  The same was done for the ministers of the church:  235 of them.  Our freedom grew on the death of all of them.  At the entrance to the church, you have a flyer about it all.  Take it and do what needs to be done. In all our difficult battles, in all the difficult battles of Christians around the world, the hand of Our Lady was and is above us.  She watched over us, guarded us, interceded for us before God on our uncertain journeys.  Our love for Our Lady was instilled in our hearts by our mothers and our fathers.  We remember how we used to make pilgrimages with them, barefoot, to various shrines of Our Lady.  Even though we were just kids, it wasn’t hard for us.  Mother was waiting for us there: Blessed Mother.  Someone whom our beloved parents also honored. We have the honor to live today in the time of the Queen of Peace, as the visionaries testify to us.  She, once again, visibly embraced, not only us, but the whole world.  She does not allow today’s alienated civilization to pluck out its soul, to vaccinate us against God and lead us to ruin.  She constantly reminds us, like our caring mothers do, which way to go and where God really is. It is unreasonable not to want to hear Our Lady’s words; at the very least, that would mean acting illogically, like those who do not know Who created this world.  There is no other way on this earth, but God’s way.  There, is all our happiness, all our hope, all our health. And that would be, not “the New Normal,” as we are being bombarded these days, but “the Old Normal.”  We have been redeemed.  We have cast off the plague of sin.  And we are free.  And with our heads held high, we walk this earth. “The New Normal,” instead, offers us masks, alienation from each other, vaccines of various kinds, lockdown.  And who knows what else awaits us, according to them.  Is it a life worthy of a man? Is it our happiness and “freedom?”  Is there anyone who doesn’t know how to answer these questions? As we listen to God and His call to keep our mental health, let us not forget His call to keep our physical health as well.  For how will we spread His word through this land if we do not have it?  He wants us as whole personalities, but in a way that only He can give us.  Let us accept His hand and go that way, knowing that it can be done. The Blessed Aloysius Stepinac, our killed friars, and all other members of the church hierarchy, as well as countless members of the faithful people of God, showed us this by example.  They are our strength, our riches.  Thank God for everything!  Thank them for the example. Amen. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©Mary TV 2021 PS. NEWS ABOUT OUR FIRESTICK APP!! We have a new version of the Amazon Firestick App up and running. It’s now compatible with more Amazon Firestick devices. It’s still the main Channel only. Here is the link to the new app: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08W4YJKV3